I’m a pack rat. I save everything and as I’ve documented on this site, when offered free food it’s impossible for me to refuse. I had a real problem with it this summer working the farmer’s market. But always one to turn lemons into lemonade, I turned excess fruit into jam. An abundance of jam. A ridiculous amount of jam. Sure, it’s delicious and in an array of fantastical combinations – pinot fraise de bois, white peach beaume de venise, raspberry Valrhona chocolate, santa rosa plum, white peach fraise de boise, Italian plum zinfandel among many MANY others. Really tasty stuff. There’s just a lot of it.
Archive for the ‘jams’ Category
jam on it … Simple Jam Tart
Posted in jams, tarts, tagged easy tart crust, jam tart, using a lot of jam on January 25, 2010| 11 Comments »
too many injuries to count … Wild Blackberry Jam
Posted in adventures/field trips, condiments, jams, tagged berry picking, canning, family outing, fruit picking, jam, wild blackberry jam, wild blackberry picking on July 30, 2009| 6 Comments »
This weekend, I took some time to visit family in Southern Indiana. I’ve always gotten a kick out of my aunt and uncle – they’re hilarious, a little kooky and live in a solar house they built themselves in the beautiful woods of Brown County, near Bloomington. They used to buy a couple piglets in the spring and have a big “butcher the pigs” shin-dig around (more…)
Strawberry Fields Forever
Posted in adventures/field trips, condiments, farmers markets, jams, tagged family outing, fruit picking, jam, strawberries, strawberry, strawberry jam, strawberry picking, u-pick farms on July 10, 2009| 1 Comment »
Deep deep in my heart, I think I’m really a farmer. Growing and making things with my hands is so deeply satisfying I can’t quite explain it. I think this is why I have such an appreciation for farmers markets and try to coax my sad little city window boxes to do impossible things with varying degrees of success. Herbs, yes. Tomatoes, not so much.
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